When it comes to fluency in team alignment, two ways to prevent alignment are emails and meetings. They are the source of all manner of delays and disconnects when compared to team boards like Trello and team texting like Slack.
After years of using and observing all these methods, I would argue that team alignment is only possible with the free, easy to use tools like Trello and Slack. No team had communication skill deficiencies. There are only three dimensions in communicatiom: listening, asking and telling. Everyone knows how to do these. Communication thrives when we get the tools right.